Tabby Refael (on Twitter @RefaelTabby) is a Los Angeles based writer, speaker and activist.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks as Reps. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) listen during a press conference at the US Capitol on July 15, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
Lately, as I’ve been reading about newer members of Congress who clearly have a problem with Jews, I’ve found myself repeatedly asking, “Where’s my blood pressure medicine?” The only problem? I don’t have high blood pressure.
But there was something about watching Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-MN) interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper last week, in which she suggested that Jews aren’t “partners in justice,” or her recent accusation that the United States, Israel, Hamas and the Taliban are basically the same entity, that really triggered me.
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Overdue : Biden sets Aug. 31 for US exit from Afghanistan
ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI, Associated Press
July 8, 2021
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1of6President Joe Biden speaks about the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Washington.Evan Vucci/APShow MoreShow Less
2of6President Joe Biden speaks about the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Washington.Evan Vucci/APShow MoreShow Less
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4of6President Joe Biden speaks about the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Washington.Evan Vucci/APShow MoreShow Less
WASHINGTON (AP) â President Joe Biden said Thursday the U.S. military operation in Afghanistan will end on Aug. 31, delivering an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly 20-year war without sacrificing more American lives even as he bluntly acknowledged there will be no âmission accomplishedâ moment to celebrate.
Biden pushed back against the notion the U.S. mission has failed but also noted that it remains unlikely the government would control all of Afghanistan after the U.S. leaves. He urged the Afghan government and Taliban, which he said remains as formidable as it did before the start of the war, to come to a peace agreement.